GREENVILLE, N.C. (March 17, 2026) (Interstat) — Ryan Towers delivered five scoreless innings and Colby Wallace hit a tying home run as East Carolina held off Elon 4-3 at Clark–LeClair Stadium on Tuesday.

Towers allowed just three hits and struck out five for the Pirates. Wallace homered in the fourth inning to knot the score at 3-3. Walker Barron drove in two runs, including the go-ahead run on a sixth-inning single.

Elon scored all three of its runs in the eighth inning on RBI hits from Wheeler, Bogdanchik and Roche but could not complete the comeback. Sean Jenkins and Frank Ciccone combined for 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to seal the win for East Carolina.

The Pirates improved to 13-8. The Phoenix fell to 9-11.